"Alias" - A shortcut for a command or set of commands
Linux OS provides the facility to have alias command to keep the long and frequent command to very few keystrokes, May be I am being a more cryptic with the lots of jargon words, let's try to understand this way -
When you execute a command "ll" (double Ele) in Linux prompt, it will return the result which is the same as "ls -l" because most of the modern linux os have this alias command (ll) for "ls -l" which is quick and easy. You can add your customize command in ".bashrc" (dot bashrc) in case of BASH shell or ".kshrc" in case of KORN shell.
How To:
alias pcs = 'ps -ef' # this will create an alias named pcs which is equivalent to "ps -ef"
As we can see, we can create lots of alias of frequent commands needed in our day to day work, but avoid the alias which modifies/delete system files.
Now, Coming back to the Original Topic, Can we create an alias which accepts the arguments, Answer is YES, lets check it our How To --
How To create ALIAS which accept command line parameter:
- Create a script which will accept the argument and do the task, such as -
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- Create an alias for this script as -
- How to use this alias -
and voilà !! we are done, Now you can add so many scripts as alias which accept the parameters, Please share here if you have created something useful for you.
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